Making the Case for an Interoperable, Multi-scale Hospital/Healthcare Knowledge Domain

The healthcare system and its many key components (public and private hospitals, medical supplies & equipment, pharmaceuticals, medical practitioners, healthcare professionals, and support staff) represent one of the most multi-disciplinary information producing and information demanding environments in the world. Because of events like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and other devastating events, there is considerable and well-justified concern over the capacity of the hospital community and even the Federal Government to respond to the unexpected impact of large-scale traumas and/or contagious disease outbreaks and epidemics.

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